A rebel batttery’s first salvo was a salvo to a storm the untested cannoneers never could have imagined.
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Seeing Is Understanding
Visiting Civil War sites in person makes all the difference.
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DEVOTION TO THE CHIEF
President Harry S. Truman relied heavily on Dean Acheson for his most significant foreign policy achievements.
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The Slugfest at Ironbottom Sound: The First Naval Battle of Guadalcanal
Like weary boxers, the opposing forces slugged it out with one another in Ironbottom Sound.
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Death of a Double Dealer
Admiral Jean Francois Darlan, leader of the armed forces of Vichy France, was assassinated in Algiers in 1942.
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On the Road to Victory: The Red Ball Express
More than 6,000 trucks kept gasoline and other vital supplies rolling in as American troops and tanks pushed the Germans back toward their homeland.
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Battle of Fairfield: Grumble Jones’ Gettysburg Campaign Victory
While the Battle of Gettysburg raged a few miles away, two very different cavalrymen fought for control of the strategic Fairfield Gap. At stake was the survival or destruction of General Robert E. Lee’s army.
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A Tour of ‘Mosby’s Confederacy’
A tour of ‘Mosby’s Confederacy’ gives a taste of the famed cavalryman’s hair-raising exploits.
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Travelers to Wartime Richmond
Travelers to wartime Richmond had a wide choice
of luxurious hotels, inns and taverns.